[ANSTHRLD] Permission to conflict??

[Kathleen O'Brien]

At 05:45 PM 4/8/2008 -0600, you wrote:
>Is there a way to resolve a conflict if the person is no longer
active/alive??

If the person is alive, but not active, then you still have to get the
letter of permission to conflict from them.  If they are really not active
and have plans never to be active again, then they might consider releasing
their items or at least granting a blanket letter of permission to
conflict.  But, regardless, if they are alive, then they still own the item
and only they can grant the permission.

If the person is no longer alive, I think that permission to conflict may
be granted by their legal heir(s) since the right to grant permission to
conflict is reserved to the owner of the item - and so is the right to
transfer.

Here's the precedent I'm thinking of:


[Transfer of name and device to Daniel del Cavallo] This is a posthumous
transfer. The Laurel office was provided with (1) a copy of Caterina's
real-world will, (2) a letter from Caterina's legal heir transferring
Caterina's name and device to Daniel del Cavallo, and (3) a letter from
Daniel accepting transfer of Caterina's name and device. 

We suggest that all people with registered armory consider writing an
explicit heraldic will. Directions on how to create and file a heraldic
will are in the newest Administrative Handbook section IV.F with a template
for the will itself in Appendix D. This newest version of the
Administrative Handbook is available on-line at
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/admin.html as well as from the usual
print sources. [Caterina del Cavallo, 05/2002, A-Æthelmearc]

Hope this helps,

Mari